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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 1988
Filed:
Jul. 20, 1987
Mitsuo Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Keiji Souma, Tokyo, JP;
Hirose Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A multi-layer flat cable electrical connector for terminating flat cables in a plurality of layers, which comprises a plurality of contacts having a contacting portion for contact with a contact of the mating connector and a press-fit portion for connection with a conductor of said flat cable; an insulating housing for supporting said contacts so that said press-fit portions may project upward from its top surface in at least a pair of rows; a cable retainer with a retention channel for holding the end portions of said flat cables laminated one upon another, a plurality of termination grooves for receiving each conductor of said flat cable on either side, and a plurality of recesses for receiving said press-fit portions projecting from said housing, said cable retainer adapted to join to said insulating housing to complete said multi-layer flat cable electrical connector.